Dartington
| Dartington | |
|---|---|
 TheCott Inn,dating from 1320 | |
  Dartington Location withinDevon | |
| Population | 876 (2011 census) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TOTNES |
| Postcode district | TQ9 |
| Dialling code | 01803 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Dartingtonis a village inDevon,England. Its population is 876.[1]Theelectoral wardofDartingtonincludes the surrounding area and had a population of 1,753 at the2011 census.[2]It is located to the west of theRiver Dart,south ofDartington Halland approximately two miles (3 km) north-west ofTotnes.Dartington is home to an obsoletecider press(now the centrepiece of ashopping centrenamed after it[3]), the Cott Inn, apublic housedating from 1320, andDartington Hall.
Education
[edit]- Dartington International Summer Schoolof music, every summer since 1953
- Dartington College of Arts,which was founded in 1961 and moved toFalmouthin 2008
- Dartington Hall School, a private school located atDartington Hallbetween 1926 until it closed in 1987
- Schumacher College
- Dartington Primary School,a stateChurch of Englandschool.[4]
- Bidwell Brook School
Notable people
[edit]- Robert Froude(1771–1859), Rector of Denbury and of Dartington from 1799 to his death
- Hurrell Froude(1803–1836), Anglican priest and an early leader of theOxford Movement.
- William Froude(1810–1879), an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect.
- James Anthony FroudeFRSE (1818–1894), an English historian, novelist, biographer and editor ofFraser's Magazine.[5]
- Leonard Knight ElmhirstFRSA (1893–1974), philanthropist and agronomist, co-founded theDartington Hallproject.
- David Gawen Champernowne(1912–2000), economist and mathematician, family seat atDartington Hall.
References
[edit]- ^"Parish population 2011".Retrieved19 February2015.
- ^"Ward population 2011".Retrieved19 February2015.
- ^"Dartington Cider Press Centre".Dartington Trading Company. Archived fromthe originalon 26 August 2008.
- ^"Dartington Primary School".Archived fromthe originalon 14 September 2008.
- ^Hunt, William(1911)..Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 11 (11th ed.). pp. 252–253.
External links
[edit]- The Dartington Hall Trust
- Dartington Parish Council
- Devon County Council's page on Dartington
- The Social Research Unit at Dartington
- Dartington in 1868
- Bidwell Brook School
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